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Springfield Woman Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

A Springfield woman has pleaded guilty to her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Mo. Kathy J. Alexander, 62, was arrested in 2016 with a half-pound of heroin and six pounds of methamphetamine in her possession.

Alexander pleaded guilty to the charge contained in a Jan. 23, 2018, federal indictment, which stated that she had traveled to Arizona and met with co-conspirators to receive the heroin and methamphetamine. The drugs were then repackaged for distribution and she drove back to Springfield to deliver them to another co-conspirator.

Alexander had previously been stopped by law enforcement officers in Oklahoma in 2014 while transporting five ounces of heroin hidden in her underwear. She admitted to making 14 drug transporting excursions, averaging one trip each month, for which she was paid $500 per trip.

The drug-trafficking conspiracy lasted from Dec. 2, 2014, to Jan. 23, 2018. Co-defendant Davetta F. Hicks, 31, of Springfield, has also pleaded guilty to her role in the drug-trafficking conspiracy.

Hicks was arrested in 2014 by Kingsville, Texas, police officers for the possession of a half-pound of methamphetamine found in her purse. She admitted that she made three trips to Texas to transport cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine to Springfield.

Alexander is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison without parole. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Abram McGull II. It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Springfield, Mo., Police Department and the Combined Ozarks Multijurisdictional Enforcement Team (COMET).